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WALDEGRAVE, JAMES, 2nD EARL WALDEGRAVE, eldest son of James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave PC KG, Ambassador at Paris, and Mary, second dau. of Sir John Webb, Bart., Hatherop, Gloucs.; b. 14 Mar 1714/5; adm. Feb 1723/4; left 1725; went to Eton Coll.; styled Viscount Chewton 1729-41; succ. father as 2nd Earl Waldegrave 11 Apr 1741; a Lord of the Bedchamber 13 Dec 1743 – 18 Dec 1752; an intimate friend and adviser of George II; Lord Warden of the Stannaries 16 Apr 1751-6; Governor and Keeper of the Privy Purse to George, Prince of Wales, and to Prince Edward 18 Dec 1752 – Oct 1756; Privy Councillor 20 Dec 1752; a Teller of the Exchequer from 5 Feb 1757; employed by George II as an intermediary with his Ministers, and was finally compelled by him to accept the office of Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, but his tenure was only for five days, 8-12 Jun 1757; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1749; FRS 14 Dec 1749; KG 30 Jun 1757 (invested); his Memoirs were published in 1821; m. 15 May 1759 Maria (subsequently wife of HRH William Henry, Duke of Gloucester), natural dau. of Hon. Sir Edward Walpole KB; d. 28 Apr 1763. DNB.

WALCOT, JOHN, eldest son of Charles Walcot (adm. 1748, qv); b. 16 Mar 1766; adm. 17 Jun 1776; in school list 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1783; migr. to St. Mary Hall, Oxford; BCL 1791; ordained; Rector of Bitterley, Shropshire, from 22 Sep 1795; Rector of Abdon, Shropshire 1817; Perpetual Curate of Hopton Cangeford, Shropshire, from 28 Aug 1822; m. 2 Dec 1788 Sarah, only dau. of Sir John Dashwood King, Bart.; d. 23 Nov 1834.

WALCOT, JOHN, brother of Charles Walcot (adm. 1748, qv); bapt. 20 Nov 1740; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1749 (Grant's); Post Office Agent for the Packets at Dover and Yarmouth c. 1762-98; Accountant-General, Post Office 1766-70; m. 1st, Eliza, widow of Capt. Charles Coleby, Royal Navy; m. 2nd, 25 Sep 1805 Isabella Douglas, widow [or Jemima, dau. of Adm. Sir James Douglas, Bart., Royal Navy : check]; d. 1819. [perhaps John Walcot, will proved PCC 27 Jul 1820]

WALCOT, CHARLES, eldest son of John Walcot (adm. 1776, qv); b. 23 Jan 1794; adm. Christmas 1809; Min. Can. 1809; left 1812; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1813; BA 1817; MA 1826; ordained deacon 1819, priest 1820 (both Hereford); Rector of Hopton Wafers, Shropshire 23 May 1820 – May 1834; Rector of Bitterley, Shropshire, from 5 Feb 1835; JP Shropshire; m. 1st, 23 Feb 1818 Anne, eldest dau. of Maj. William Walcot, Ferry Park, co. Dublin; m. 2nd, Jul 1827 Charlotte, eldest dau. of John Molyneux, Ludlow, Shropshire; m. 3rd, 29 Apr 1851 Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. John Rocke, Clungunford House, Shropshire; d. 18 Dec 1875.

WALCOT, CHARLES, son of John Walcot MP, Walcot, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., MP; bapt. 22 Mar 1738; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1756; MP Weymouth 30 Apr 1763-8; Clerk to Accountant-General, Post Office (occurs 1774-83); Controller of Penny Post, Post Office; of Bitterley Court, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1782; m. 17 Jul 1764 his cousin Anne, sister of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv); buried Bitterley, Shropshire 27 Sep 1799.

WALBRYGE, EDMUND; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

WALBANKE, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1752; in school list 1754. [note James Walbanke, pawnbroker, St. Margaret, Westminster, will proved PCC 7 Dec 1762]

WAKLEY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Henry Wakley FRCS, Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, surgeon and editor of The Lancet, and Harriette Anne, third dau. of Francis Radford Blake, Rickmansworth, Herts.; b. 10 Jul 1851; adm. 31 Jan 1865 (James'); QS 1866; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1870, matr. Mich. 1870; St. Thomas’s Hospital; a serious bicycle accident interrupted his medical studies for some six years; LRCP 1883; entered the office of The Lancet as assistant to his uncle James Wakley, its then editor; Joint Editor of the Lancet with his father 1886-1907, sole Editor from 1907; m. 8 Aug 1903 Gladys Muriel, dau. of Norman Barron; d. 5 Mar 1909. DNB.

Wakely, William Hugh Denning, brother of Leonard John Dean Wakely (qv); b. 20 Feb. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (G); left July 1930; St John's Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1934; 2nd Lieut. RE Jan. 1932, Lieut. Jan. 1935, Capt. Jan. 1940; GSO 1 MELF, despatches (Middle East) June 1942; Maj. July 1946; psc; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 1953, Col. 1959, Brig. 1963; retd Apr. 1964; m. 21 Dec. 1937 Diana Mary, d. of Lieut.-Col. Richard Montague Raynsford DSO DL, of Milton Manor, Northants; d. 26 Sept. 1979.

Wakely, Leonard John Dean, son of Sir Leonard Day Wakely KCIE CB, Dep. Under Sec. of State India Office, and Florence Dean, d. of William Titley; b. 18 June 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (G); left 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1931 (1st class hons Mod. History), MA 1945; passed into ICS 1932; SOAS Lond. 1932-3; Asst Commr Punjab 1933; Asst Supt Simla Hill States 1935; SDO Rajanpur 1936; Under Sec. Punjab Govt 1937-8; successively Under Sec. Defence Co­ord. and Dep. Sec. Defence and Legislative Depts, Govt of India 1938-47; MBE 1942, OBE 1945; Dominions Office 1947; Sen. Sec. Office of UK High Commr in S. Africa 1950-2; Dep. High Commr Madras 1953-7, Ghana 1957-60; Head of Constitutional Dept CRO 1960-2; Dep. High Commr Canada 1962-5; CMG 1965; HM Ambassador Rangoon 1965-7; 111. 10 Nov. 1938 Margaret Houssemayne, d. of Lieut.-Cdr Charles Wills Tinson OBE RN; d. 24 June 1994.